This week's TechMail was Change default applications easily in GNOME which looks at how you can configure GNOME to use your preferred applications to open certain file types (i.e. if you had a specific IDE you wanted to edit PHP or Python files with, or a specific media player …

Ran into an issue today where I needed to convert a Maildir containing over 50k messages to mbox format and couldn't really find any good tools. So I found this blog post about using mutt to do it. Unfortunately, it converted one Maildir to another. =( One crucial piece is missing …

Last week's techmail was 2009: A Linux year in review in which I took a (brief) look at some of the happenings in 2009. Of course I had to add the obligatory "year of the desktop linux" routine but don't worry... I didn't make any silly predictions regarding it.

Merry Christmas to all my compatriots, friends, and (strangely enough) the folks who find my blog interesting enough to read! =)

Got spoiled something fierce this year. Feels nice. =) wOO! 25th anniversary Transformers boxed set! I'll be reliving my childhood for a long time to come... I have no idea how …

This week's mac techmail is Syncing The Hit List with Daylite gives you all-access pass to your data anywhere you go which looks at combining The Hit List with DayLite to handle task management. I'm a huge fan of Daylite; it's the CRM I've been using for years and I …

This week's mac TechMail is Sync application preferences with Dropbox which talks about the fantastic file syncing tool/service known as DropBox (disclosure: yes, that is a referral link and I get a small amount of added space if you sign up using it). Dropbox is great, and it's cross-platform …

This week's TechMail is Learn to use extended file attributes in Linux to boost security which takes a look at using chattr, getfattr, setfattr, getfacl, and setfacl; tools that can be used to offer more granular security to files and directories. Being able to use SELinux or GrSecurity, AppArmor, and …

This week's mac tip is Cross-platform Dropbox provides easy backups and file-syncing between computers which looks at using DropBox to synchronize files between computers in an easy fashion. DropBox is cross-platform, which makes it even nicer.

This week's TechMail was DIY pfSense firewall system beats others for features, reliability, and security which takes a look at pfSense which is, in my opinion, one of the best open source firewall systems around. I've used quite a few, and for a long time when I was developing Annvix …

This week's TechMail is Don't need groupware? Organize your life with Osmo which looks at using Osmo as a pretty basic, yet useful, personal information manager. Osmo is quite basic, but if that's all you need (i.e. don't need Outlook or Zimbra or collaboration or internet connectivity), it's a …